Cable-support.



D` A. TRIP?,

CABLE SUPPORT.

FPLICATUN FILED SEPT. 5 19TH patented Mar. 4,1919.

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CABLE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 6, IQIB.

296,571. Patented Mar. 4,1919.

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CABLE-SUPPORT.

Specieation of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 4, 1919.

Application filed September 6, 1918. Serial No. 252,926.

T0 allfwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID A. Tnirr, a citizen of the United States,residing at Barberton, in the countyof Summit and State of Ohio, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Cable-Supports, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to cable supports and it consists in the novelfeatures hereinafter described and claimed.

A11 object of the invention is to provide a simple and durable supportadapted to be used for sustaining an overhead 0r telpherage cable in amanner to permit the same being extended in a zigzag line and at thesame time to permit a carrier to pass freely along the same.

With this object in view the support comprises a bracket which may bemounted upon posts or connected with overhead sustaining means and disksare journaled upon the said bracket and have at their peripheryintermeshing teeth. The said disks Vare positioned from each other tosuch an extent that the teeth of one disk do not completely ll thespaces between the teeth of the adjacent disk at the point where thesaid teeth intermesh.

A carrier is arranged to move along the cable and the cable is supportedupon the teeth of the disk at the point where they intermesh. Thecarrier includes a trolley wheel which is arranged to travel along thecable and which is journaled to a head. Vertically disposed spaced barsare attached to the head and are adapted to move through the spacesbetween the teeth of the disk as the carrier moves between the disk.Additional wheels may be journaled at the head of the carrier and theselast mentioned wheels travel over lugs provided at the bracket and theymay sustain the weight of the carrier at the time that the trolley wheelis passing over the intermeshing teeth and hence the cable and teethwill be relieved of the load or weight of the carrier at the time thatit is passing by the disks.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of thecable support constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the arrangement of the disk and the cable.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the carrier.

Fig. 4. is a bottom plan view of the same.

Fig. 5 is a view in elevation showing a modified construction of bracketfor supporting the disks.

Fig. 6 is a similar view of a further modifcation of the bracket forsupporting the disks. Y

The cable support comprises a bracket 1 which is preferably made ofmetal and which may be supported upon posts or from overhead appliancesas desired or as occasion may require. portion vof the bracket l and lie`approximately -in the same horizontal plane. said disks are provided attheir peripheries with teeth 3 which intermesh with( each other. 'Thedisks 2 are spaced from each other for a distance suiicient to preventthe teeth of one disk from completely lling the spaces between the teethof the other disk at the point where the teeth of the disks intermesh.The upper surfaces of the disks 2 above the teeth 3 are curved 0rconcaved as at 4 and these surfaces are adapted to bear against thecables hereinafter described.

The bracket l is provided at points above the inner portions of thedisks 2 with lugs 5. The intermediate portion of a cable 6 lies upon theteeth 3 at the point where they ntermesh and is received within thecurved or concaved portions 4 of the said disks. The carrier which isadapted to move along the cable 6 comprises a head 7 to which isjournaled a trolley wheel 8 and the said wheel is arranged to travelalong the cable 6. Spaced parallel rods 9 are connected with the head 7and are adapted to move through the spaces between the teeth 3 of thedisks 2 at the points where the teeth of both disks intermesh. Rollers10 are journaled at the opposite sides of the wheel 8 and the head 7 andare adapted to move over and'in contact with the lugs 5 as the rods 9pass between the disks 2.

From the 'foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawing Disks 2 are journaled at the lower The it .will beseen that a cable support of simple Y Having described the invention.what is claimed is 1. A cable support comprising a bracket, disksjournaled' thereon and having intermeshing teeth, a cable supported uponthe teeth at the point Where they intermesh, a carrier having 'a1trolley wheel adapted to move along the cable and provided with a rodadapted' to enterthe spaceslbetween the teeth at the-pointswhere theteeth of the disk intermesh, and means operating to relievefsaidvcab-l'e and the disk of the weight of saidY carrier' when thecarrier passesthe disk.. Y Y,

cableV support comprising a bracket having inwardly disposed lugs, disksj'ournal'ed'fto-y the bracket and hafving intermeshnga teeth',. a cable:supported upon. the teeth at the points where they intermesh, a carrierarranged to move along the cable and having a trolley' wheetbearing uponthe same, said carrier having a rod adapted to enter the Vspaces betweenthe teeth at the points where the teeth intermesh and rollers carried bythe carrier and adapted to moveoverthey` lugs andl in' contact.r withthe same.

3. A cable support comprising a bracket, disks journaled thereon@ and`lia-ving. inter` meshing tee-th, the disksbeingcon'c'aved. at

their: portions above the teeth',v a= cable supi-f4V ported uponuth'efteeth andf lying :in the. con caved portion',A the;7 carriervarrangedfto: move along' the cable'y andhavingf'a.. trolley'. wheelVCopies of thisy patent may be obtained for-five cents each by addressingthe Commissioner ofPa'tents; Washington, D. C3

